HB 5005 - Deregulation of Professions and Occupations

State Representatives have put forth a bill that may cause havoc or fraud with Title Companies that utilize a Professional Surveyor & Mappers, if not regulated as they propose to do with HB5005. Please contact your local representative and let them know what will occur should this bill pass. 


I have highlighted the professions that we typically interact work together. 

HB 5005 - Deregulation of Professions and Occupations

GENERAL BILL   by Business & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee and Bovo

Deregulation of Professions and Occupations: Deletes provisions establishing DBPR's Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, & Mobile Homes, Florida Board of Auctioneers, Board of Employee Leasing Companies, Board of Landscape Architecture, Board of Professional Geologists, & Board of Professional Surveyors & Mappers, Motor Vehicle Repair Advisory Council, & Regulatory Council of Community Association Managers; deletes provisions for regulation of yacht & ship brokers, auctioneers, talent agencies, community association managers, athlete agents, employee leasing companies, home inspectors, mold assessors & remediators, professional surveyors & mappers, persons practicing hair braiding, hair wrapping, or body wrapping, interior designers, landscape architects, professional geologists, professional fundraising consultants & solicitors, water vending machines & operators, health studios, ballroom dance studios, commercial telephone sellers & salespersons, movers & moving brokers, certain outdoor theaters, certain business opportunities, motor vehicle repair shops, sellers of travel, contracts with sales representatives involving commissions, & television picture tubes; revises name & membership of Board of Architecture; revises license classifications of public lodging establishments; deletes DBPR's authority to enforce & ensure compliance of certain provisions relating to condominiums, cooperatives, vacation plans & timeshares, & mobile homes.

Effective Date: July 1, 2011

Last Event: PCS added to Economic Affairs Committee agenda on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:03 PM

Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule | Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil | US EPA

Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule | Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil | US EPA

Jeffry Baughman wrote:

"It was brought to our attention last night an auditor from the EPA is roving through the Tampa Bay Area.  He did a spot audit on a contractor in St. Petersburg to ensure the company’s compliance with the EPA regulations concerning certification, record keeping, et al. for the recent enforcement of lead paint certification.  He required the contractor to pull all records for pertinent projects and examined them on the spot.

The auditor had a list of approximately 100+ other contractors to whom he was planning to make an unannounced visit.

Please act accordingly and ensure your records are kept properly in case he visits you.  He stated he was going to be here for approximately 2 weeks."

http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm
Jeffry E. Baughman, Esq.Baughman Law Group, P.A.Attorneys and Counselors at Lawjeff@baughmanlawgroup.com

Hendra & Associates 5 Year Anniversary

The engineering and surveying company recently celebrated 5 years of operations and looking forward to more successful years to come. Success was achieved by the ability to focus the services to simple, easy to understand and refer for most folks that are not familiar with what a consulting company can perform. These services allowed us to continue through a down economy. This ability to diversify was our key to success.